Insane Killer Walks Free – Slaughters Disney Tourists!

A man with a documented history of violent crime and a prior acquittal by reason of insanity walked free into a Florida neighborhood and murdered three tourists in broad daylight, exposing a criminal justice system that failed at every critical checkpoint.

Quick Take

On January 18, 2026, Ahmad Jihad Bojeh, 29, fatally shot three tourists outside a rental home near Kissimmee, Florida, minutes from Walt Disney World in what law enforcement characterized as a random, premeditated attack.
Bojeh had a documented violent history including a 2021 incident where he fired weapons at people and vehicles in a gas station parking lot, yet was acquitted by reason of insanity and released into the community.
Sheriff Christopher Blackmon described Bojeh as a “frequent flyer” and ongoing neighborhood threat, raising questions about how dangerous individuals are monitored after insanity acquittals.
The victims—Robert Lewis Kraft, 70, Douglas Joseph Kraft, 68, and James John Puchan, 69—were stranded tourists who had extended their stay due to vehicle trouble, making them vulnerable targets of opportunity.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier criticized the prior prosecutor’s handling of Bojeh’s 2021 case, suggesting inadequate legal opposition to the insanity defense allowed a dangerous man to remain free.

A System That Failed Three Times Over

The timeline of Ahmad Jihad Bojeh’s criminal encounters reads like a cautionary tale about institutional negligence. In 2021, five years before the murders, Bojeh was arrested after firing a gun at a person and random vehicles in a Kissimmee gas station parking lot. Witnesses saw it happen. Video recorded it. Yet despite this evidence, he was acquitted by reason of insanity and released. That first failure set the stage for everything that followed, leaving a documented dangerous individual unsupervised in a residential neighborhood.

The Neighborhood Knew Better Than the System

Sheriff Christopher Blackmon’s characterization of Bojeh as a “frequent flyer” and “a threat to the neighborhood all the time” reveals the gap between what law enforcement observed on the ground and what the criminal justice system allowed to continue. Court records show prior arrests for felony drug possession and resisting officers. Multiple calls for service documented his presence as a persistent problem. Yet the system had already made its determination: acquitted, released, free to live where he pleased.

Three Men in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

Robert Lewis Kraft, Douglas Joseph Kraft, and James John Puchan traveled from Michigan and Ohio to attend a car show and enjoy time together. Their vehicle broke down, so they extended their stay by a single day—a minor inconvenience that became a fatal decision. They rented a home in the Indian Point subdivision, minutes from Magic Kingdom, unaware they had moved into proximity with a man the local sheriff knew posed an ongoing danger. At 12:13 p.m. on January 18, 2026, deputies responded to a shooting call. All three men were found dead outside the rental home with gunshot wounds.

The Speed of Justice, the Slowness of Prevention

Law enforcement’s response was swift. Within an hour, deputies located and arrested Bojeh inside his nearby home. Two firearms were recovered from his residence. He was booked into Osceola County Jail on three counts of premeditated murder and one count of resisting arrest without violence, held without bond. But this speed in apprehension stood in stark contrast to the years of inaction that preceded it. The system had moved quickly to arrest him; it had moved slowly to protect the community from him.

Accountability Questions Emerge

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s statement cut to the core issue: “It appears she didn’t put up a fight to Bojeh’s use of the insanity defense, and he was allowed to go free.” State Attorney Worrell’s subsequent suspension suggests official recognition that something went wrong in how that 2021 case was prosecuted. The question now facing the criminal justice system is whether this represents an isolated prosecutorial failure or a systemic pattern in how insanity defenses are handled.

The families of the three victims released a statement describing the men as “three wonderful men” who “did not deserve this,” characterizing the attack as resulting in an “unexpected, unimaginable loss that cannot be put into words.” Their grief is permanent. The policy questions the case raises remain unresolved.